We expanded a traditional shingled cottage home by marrying a new addition and a renovation project together. The design reorients the house to the garden, an existing swimming pool, and the bucolic views of the neighboring farm in order to reinforce the relationships between outdoor activities and the surrounding landscape.
Rear extension to a double fronted Edwardian Redbrick, slate roof, four principle rooms with a central corridor. The new is essentially a self-contained home for parents. Children and guests are housed in the existing building with their own large bathroom.
The RCR House is located in Montana, USA, and was designed by Carney Logan Burke Architects in 2016. The art collector clients for RCR house relocated to this rural setting where they desired a house that capitalized on the characteristics of the extraordinary site
The Franklin Mountains are the southernmost expression of the Rio Grande rift, an uplift of Precambrian rock that runs from Colorado down through New Mexico. Eight-hundred feet above El Paso, Texas, on the side of the mountain range …
Bangalore Courtyard House is a private residence designed by Architecture Paradigm, a studio established in the year 1996 by Manoj Ladhad, Sandeep J and Vimal Jain. The site for the house is located on the fringe of a fast developing area of Bangalore, which has a rocky hillock as the backdrop. Located on a T
The Dexter Residence bridges past and present with simple volumes and a restrained palette of concrete, glass, and stucco. At the street the house, with its flat roof, clerestory windows, and one-story façade, takes cues from the mid century modern houses in its neighborhood.
St. Peters Cottage is a private residence completed in 2016 by Glasshouse Project, a boutique firm specialising in high-end residential projects, renovations, commercial and retail spaces.
The site presented us with a few challenges. First of all, it was set between 2 traditional, low lying thatched cottages identified as being of architectural significance. Secondly, the views out to sea were only achievable at first floor level, and thirdly, the front, less-private side to the plot faced south meaning there would be a conflict between the road and the proposed garden that would front onto it.
Across the street from the property, in the low dunes near the Atlantic Ocean, a historic Life Saving Station serves as a cherished reminder of the maritime, military and architectural history of this coastal landscape.
